diff --git a/gcc/common.opt b/gcc/common.opt
index ed8ab5fbe13..7d69ab5ef7c 100644
--- a/gcc/common.opt
+++ b/gcc/common.opt
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
 
 fexceptions
-Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
+Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
 Enable exception handling.
 
 fexpensive-optimizations
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index b83bd902cec..f7bb193b51d 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -16410,7 +16410,8 @@ Note that this requires platform-specific runtime support that does
 not exist everywhere.  Moreover, it only allows @emph{trapping}
 instructions to throw exceptions, i.e.@: memory references or floating-point
 instructions.  It does not allow exceptions to be thrown from
-arbitrary signal handlers such as @code{SIGALRM}.
+arbitrary signal handlers such as @code{SIGALRM}.  This enables
+@option{-fexceptions}.
 
 @item -fdelete-dead-exceptions
 @opindex fdelete-dead-exceptions